Fan of the channel/your content. It's been a positive contributing factor in my hobby journey. I am currently working on a 5 Parsecs from Home: Bug Hunt solo project. Also, it's Election Day! For everyone: If you're able to and haven't already, please go out and vote (especially if you're in one of Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, or Nevada).
@@tabletopminions Apologies, I meant 'carefully set aside in favour of other, more pressing, projects'. I too have too much terrain working towards completion. Keep up your wonderful and inspitational videos
This feels so inspired. You have to create a story when you make a piece like this, you can’t help it. What a fun project, and maybe the underground base it is venting will be built one day.
The thing that turned me from having all unpainted terrain to a painted table was getting an airbrush lol. Hand painting a whole piece took so much time and killed all motivation. Being able to airbrush all the colours I want and then just handpainting the details was the biggest lifesaver (I love my airbrush for my minis too, but it wasn't nearly as lifechanging as it was with terrain)
Great work on the piece Uncle Atom - as an old (creaky knees old) -school hobbyist I was happy to see the combination of OG skills with the new-fangled. I'm already imagining a bundle of varieties of the same piece of plumbing - a hovel or market stall sheltering in the shadow of the vent, tarpaulins fluttering in the constant airflows around these; one with some broken slats and a street-built platform inside where a local thug sits awaiting easy prey; a small shanty-town that's accreted around and on and over the sturdy vent structure, made of shipping containers and scrap sheet metal and driftwood, while the local laundry makes constant use of the ever-present rushing wind to dry the neighbourhood's clothing on a mess of washing-lines stretched between the "buildings" that crowd the old city structure. We may be of the street, but we still have our dignity.
Terrain is what inspires me to play the games - currently working on a desert town which I can use in 40K, but also modern military wargames - multi-use is definitely the way to go
I sometimes leave a few surprise miniatures unpainted, but primed, for myself to discover sometime in the future. Like the Ratling Twins in Blackstone Fortress, a handful of zombies in Zombicide, an extra squad for Space station Zero. I put them in a box and forget about them for a few months, and then when I need something to paint later, I open the box and take my pick. It actually works well, and has prevented me from buying more miniatures I don't need just because I want something to paint.
That vent turned out great. Drybrushing terrain. I did my whole box of Hive War terrain by mostly drybrushing and a bit of regular wash/layer on the details. Though to bulk up my sci fi terrain for 5 Parsecs I got into Tinkerturf and BattleSystems cardstock terrain.
Black or dark brown primer followed by sponge dabbing with dark/light versions of the same colour using cheap acrylics. A bit of wash and drybrushing for some additional details then I'm usually done! I can bulk paint a lot of buildings in one go using these methods.
And with large, sweeping surfaces like the vent, it just cries out for some oil dot filtering, as well as some oil rust streaking -- they're both simple to do, with the former adding tonal variation to the broad sweep of monochrome, and the latter showing where the vent has been banged around. With some chipping, done in whatever manner you choose, as the origin point for the rust streaks, you can have the vent looking banged up and ignored for years.
Terrain is absolutely my favorite part of the hobby and essential to my enjoyment of the game. Impressive work on the vent. However, I can't imagine spending that amount of time designing parts for a terrain piece and lots of air brushing. The key for me knocking out terrain is being Quick. Layers of spray paint (Often applied while the under layers are still wet), drybrushing and dirty washes. I also almost always do terrain in big batches. Lastly, not basing my terrain increases the number of useable settings, and decreases build time and storage space. See my results at Chicago Skirmish Wargames or in person at TMX.
I don't know where to start... I love terrain, and I love good looking terrain to play home with my son or with friends... But I looked at 3d or even buy already printed or 2nd hand... it is still quite expensive... considering I play 40k, the price for some 'cheap $' terrain will cost you the same as a box or 2 of whatever army you collect. So what happened is, I got surgery (planned for my leg) and I got some MDF 3mm thick and built my own. It is quite very rectangular, as I don't own a table saw for art like that. I just use a sharp knife, a ruler and a pencil. Since my recovery started, I have now done about 12 buildings that are 'GW' approved. And they're painted!!! That's not counting the few craters and pylones I had from years ago and finally got around and painted. 2 Bunkers 4x4, the rest is all 'ruins'; 2 6x5, 2 4x8, 2 10x5, 2 10x6 and 2 mini wall 5" long. All painted in metal with a bit of weathering. Now I want to build a bigger 'center piece' with multiple level. At least 12x12 (probably in 2 pieces so it can be placed differently on the table) but also 10" high, for some cool vantage points and 'high ground' shenanigans fights. The biggest hurdle is, the time I put in the terrain building and painting is time I don't put in the mini painting... you feel a bit like you're falling behind. But really cool video. It helped me seeing that you can make something cool and 'finished' without spending too much time on it.
I hear you on prepping and priming a bunch of stuff before winter sets in. That is the mode I have been in lately. I've got 20 models in the process of clean-up / glue up / putty - prime. About half way there. Supposed to have another nice day next week so I have to finish prepping parts so I can prime them on Tuesday.
My go to for getting terrain done quick is to sponge on a triad of colors over a rusty brown prime. Then I might hit it with a drybrush and pick out some details as needed. The vent came out great! The graffiti was a nice touch. Would love to see you tackle some of those other terrain pieces too. Thanks for sharing!
Graffiti is pretty simple in theory, first you block the letters, then you fill the blocks with the design (or just a solid color), then you outline. The people that do it well can do those big pieces in sub 5 minutes, it's crazy to watch. Three's a lot of great documentaries out there about it that follow the artists into the field. I watched one where they were doing it on subway cars and they'd do a whole train car with 3 or 4 people in the time it takes the train to stop at the station.
It's very easy to rattle can prime in the winter lol. You just have to keep the can warm, keep it in the house in room that doesn't get cold and you're fine. Humidity is the only problem for rattle can priming
But, if you leave the piece in the cold garage to out gas and dry, frequently you’ll get an “orange peel” surface to your paint job, which might not be what you want. If you bring the piece into the warm house to dry, then it stinks up the house - which I don’t want. Thanks for watching!
I built 3 big MDF sets from TT Combat Necromunda style walkways and towers etc, I put in so many hours punching, sanding, assembling, I stored them in boxes while waiting for good weather so to lay it all out while priming…..only they kind of got overshadowed by other projects. long story short 12 months later I came to prime everything only to discover to my horror they were completely ruined covered by damp and mould! Heart broken I had to bin the lot! £200 down the pan and a hard lesson learned, note to self….Finish each project started ….oh! and move house (in progress).
If you have any other MDF kits kicking about then it's well worth getting MDF sealant on them, just in case your new place catches you off guard; we only narrowly rescued some board games after our first winter in a new home gave us an unpleasant surprise. I don't know if sealant was what saved the MDF terrain beside them or the mould wasn't interested but it survived. Buying a regular paint tin of it, rather than from terrain shops is usually cheaper. I can't guarantee it'll completely protect from mould and damp-warping but it should make the terrain more resistant at least and save you spending extra on specialist spray primer or additional cans of regular paint (MDF drinks paint like a thirsty camel, for anyone who doesn't know already).
I would really appreciate a longer video on the Zone Mortalis tiles! I've had the kits around for a while but I'm having some trouble deciding how I want to build them and how much I should glue down or leave modular.
It's not always an option, but if I know something's going to be rusty and weathered, I like to rattlecan ruddy red/brown first, then paint acrylics on top. You can rub off the water-based paint with a q-tip or whatever to reveal the rattlecan color underneath, whether you want rusty brown or gray, like if the paint's chipped off.
i just received my order with the 40k terrain in it, it's perfect for my skaven army. also the graffiti people wait until the train has stopped then use rattle cans free hand, sometimes they use stencils.
Looks great. What a fit getting that vent all snug! 9:02 did they look at you funny when you bought a hairdryer? 😂 It's translucent. Glass is transparent 🙃
After 6 years I finally primed all of my 2018 kill team terrain. I also picked up a Spyrer Hunter Teamto pair against my genestealer Cultists and Helot chaos Cult
Fyi, regarding winter. I live in Florida and have a similar but not at all the same problem. I have to watch the relative humidity daily because I finally realized why my priming was so bad was because it was too humid. So now I run out on the two or three days in the year when the humidity drops below 60% to do my spraying.
Terrain is the ‘third army’ on the board and is essential in my mind, for a good looking, and therefore more memorable and enjoyable game! I spend as much time and money on the terrain as I do on the miniatures that go on it!
I think I need to become your nextdoor neighbor! Don't worry, I'll call before knock! Lol I will help you paint. I will bring the beer and you pick the background music and we will get everything painted this winter! 😂 great project Sir. Came out really good.
Loved the video as usual. I didn’t like the end when you started talking about me 😂 seriously though, it’s inspiring to see you finish something and so I will choose a long time primed project to finish.
A lot of old playset toys make great repurposed terrain. The big old death star that opens or other galoob stuff from the 90s and early 2000s. Dollhouses, barbie furniture. Those hot wheels parkade things with the elevators and bridges
Due to the environment up here in the north, I can really only do large scale spray priming in the summer, so I tend to prime a lot of stuff and then just put it back in the box for winter assembly.
Not terrain, but actual minis, I like to have some quantity of next projects on different stages of preparation. Some assembled, some primed, some zenithal'd. Whenever my current project is stuck (waiting for something to dry, for example), I can always grab one of the next prepped ones and give it some work. 😊Nice video Uncle! Loved the vent piece, it's awesome and you made it look so easy 😊
Thank you for video! Nice job on the design and print. 1st time success. WOW! I've been using a combination of Micro Art Studio's pre-painted MDF terrain, some Warlord scatter terrain (including farm animals), and a friend's printed terrain to build a 28mm Normandy town and farmland. That same friend printed a ton of 6mm buildings for BattleTech Alpha Strike, so we have a very nice downtown type of area for that game. We do that as a group project, so each of us took some terrain and painted it. We really enjoy a fully painted detailed table in which to have our little plastic soldiers kill each other. 😁
Flarg! Also, nice advert for the Deth game ;) Welcome to the engineering bug - now that you've got designs tumbling around in your noggin they'll never leave lol You'll *always* have something up there trying to make it's way out onto your printer - and when the wife finds out, your 'honey-do' list is gonna get bigger :D
Great project, and great success with the 3D printing. I feel inspired to take a stroll threw the local hardware store now. Idk why but i kept waiting for you to cut a hole in the bottom so you could have and electronic tea light aluminate it from the inside, but honestly it looks great as is.
I normally break up my painting and do a few minis, then a piece of terrain. Terrain to me feels like a slog to paint at times, especially bigger pieces. So doing a piece, then a squad, keeps me motivated.
That is a great use of the downspout there! I use Rhino 3D for my modeling purposes, but I find that Plasticity does have me curious, as it seems like a surprisingly powerful little package. I'll be interested to see how your journey of working with it goes.
Most of my terrain is scratch built. I usually do not finish a piece so it gets shelved for years before I get back to it. Working on a medieval /fantasy village currently for Deth Wizards. lol ikr. Hopefully I will get it done. 👍
As mentioned below graffiti artists find train cars when they are at rest in train yards, side spurs, etc... for their art projects. Many of them are amazing freehand artists but many also use generic stencils such as a straight edge and curve which are often made from disposable/expendable materials such as corrugated cardboard repurposed from boxes etc. As usual, great segment. I actually find making terrain one of the most enjoyable parts of the hobby.
@manjr ya think? 😉 Of course, it's the ones that tag bridges and other scary spots that leave me scratching my head and wondering... "how the *bleep* did they do that?!?!"
The graffiti on the trains you see going by get done when the trains are stationary. Either when they are sitting at a station over night or at a depot. The vent looks awesome! I gotta go check if I can find similar pieces in my ghardware store.
I always find myself uninspired to paint my terrain. They're just too large for me to paint with a brush and put enough effort into. So my go to strategy is priming everything with Chaos Black and then giving it a zenithal with Mechanicus Standard Grey. So all the terrain looks pretty much the same, but it's still "painted" which highlights the details. I've played on a real nice table once, but all the colors and effects and such just made it hard for me to get a grasp of the game itself. Because all the terrain pieces, scatter terrain and objective markers just looked as nicely painted (if not more) than the minuatures that people brought.
Perfect timing for the video! We are also enthusiastically building a wh40k/cyberpunk style city with our fdm printer working 24/7. What really elevated the project was the ability to use negative objects to hollow out vending machines, walls etc for electrical wiring. Now we have actual street lights, spot lights and glowing adverts. Makes the town look awesome and you gotta love how the characters make real shadows as they battle it out in the dark alleys of a dystopian city. Since I am very new to 3d modeling, would you have any tips on good basic tutorial videos? I want to make shop signs that have the letters cut out, so that I can have them lit up from the inside.
I have a cabinet full of empty Costco sized granola bar packages that I one day was going to turn into lots of ruined buildings. Well today is the day I’m starting on that to work on a ruined city I want to use for my next campaign mission in 5 Parsecs From Home Bug Hunt.
If you're trying to glue PLA, a glue for Plexiglas like Craftics #33 works so much better than CA glue. High amounts of VOCs, but it literally melts the 2 pieces together chemically.
Interesting and insightful video, I watched out of curiosity, I only suffer from the mini pile of shame syndrome, I tend to get tables done quickly,; but after 38 years of building tables, the last couple within this past year, I am buying a few sets of Battle Systems for the next table :P
As a somewher related-but-not-really note, Miniac insists that you can prime with rattlecans even during winter, he tested this in a video, just warm the rattlecans before use by dunking them in warm water for 10 minutes, then take them out from there, shake them as instructed and use them. Not having harsh winters like Minnesota here i cannot confirm but given that i've heard this from more than one source (another being Mel the Terrain Tutor, and i recall one top painter saying the same in the past but can't recall who), i tend to believe it's true
You can certainly spray outside in the cold winter. The problem is this: after you’ve sprayed, you then need to bring the thing you sprayed inside in the warmth to outgas and dry, which stinks up your house. If you let it outgas and dry outside in the cold (even in the cold garage) then frequently you get an “orange peel” type surface to your model, which is generally no good. I think this has something to do with the fact that paint takes longer to cure/dry in the cold. So it’s still not a great solution. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for featuring my Cyberpunk Noodle Shop building, appreciate seeing it on the channel.
Your terrain is amazing. I think the first 3D printed terrain I ever saw was yours. It had blown my mind away.
It's a great model that's fun and easy to print!
Recently bought a bunch of your Urban STLs to make up my MCP board, and it's all been great!
Hey I have seen your model I would love to see what you’re working on next?
I bought the cyberpunk bundle, the compound, and a bunch of ruined buildings, oh, and the elevated train. It all prints super nice. I love it.
Fan of the channel/your content. It's been a positive contributing factor in my hobby journey. I am currently working on a 5 Parsecs from Home: Bug Hunt solo project. Also, it's Election Day! For everyone: If you're able to and haven't already, please go out and vote (especially if you're in one of Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, or Nevada).
I laughed out loud when you described the OTHER items already primed and abandoned out in the garage - painfully relatable😁
Not abandoned - just waiting for winter. Thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions Apologies, I meant 'carefully set aside in favour of other, more pressing, projects'. I too have too much terrain working towards completion. Keep up your wonderful and inspitational videos
My favorite thing about vincy con is having all these creators come back all inspired :D
This feels so inspired. You have to create a story when you make a piece like this, you can’t help it. What a fun project, and maybe the underground base it is venting will be built one day.
The thing that turned me from having all unpainted terrain to a painted table was getting an airbrush lol. Hand painting a whole piece took so much time and killed all motivation. Being able to airbrush all the colours I want and then just handpainting the details was the biggest lifesaver (I love my airbrush for my minis too, but it wasn't nearly as lifechanging as it was with terrain)
I was genuinely happy for you when you fit that printed vent piece in first try. Go Uncle Atom!
Yeah that was a worthy "cheer out loud" moment :D
Great work on the piece Uncle Atom - as an old (creaky knees old) -school hobbyist I was happy to see the combination of OG skills with the new-fangled.
I'm already imagining a bundle of varieties of the same piece of plumbing - a hovel or market stall sheltering in the shadow of the vent, tarpaulins fluttering in the constant airflows around these; one with some broken slats and a street-built platform inside where a local thug sits awaiting easy prey; a small shanty-town that's accreted around and on and over the sturdy vent structure, made of shipping containers and scrap sheet metal and driftwood, while the local laundry makes constant use of the ever-present rushing wind to dry the neighbourhood's clothing on a mess of washing-lines stretched between the "buildings" that crowd the old city structure. We may be of the street, but we still have our dignity.
Making terrain has been a real enjoyable part of the hobby for me. Thanks for the video.
Gotta salute that skill/luck for nailing a custom terrain SLT first time. That's impressive.
I mostly blame luck. Thanks for watching!
Terrain is what inspires me to play the games - currently working on a desert town which I can use in 40K, but also modern military wargames - multi-use is definitely the way to go
Don’t justify the quality your footage. You always do it great 👍
OK, so you take all your unfinished terrain, then you take your hammer an... oh, you meant it figuratively... :D
I sometimes leave a few surprise miniatures unpainted, but primed, for myself to discover sometime in the future. Like the Ratling Twins in Blackstone Fortress, a handful of zombies in Zombicide, an extra squad for Space station Zero. I put them in a box and forget about them for a few months, and then when I need something to paint later, I open the box and take my pick. It actually works well, and has prevented me from buying more miniatures I don't need just because I want something to paint.
Kinda like shoving a $20 into the winter coat pocket so you find it next season. 😂
That vent turned out great.
Drybrushing terrain. I did my whole box of Hive War terrain by mostly drybrushing and a bit of regular wash/layer on the details.
Though to bulk up my sci fi terrain for 5 Parsecs I got into Tinkerturf and BattleSystems cardstock terrain.
Got a whole table of 3d printed terrain coming. This video is perfectly timed, thank you!
Black or dark brown primer followed by sponge dabbing with dark/light versions of the same colour using cheap acrylics. A bit of wash and drybrushing for some additional details then I'm usually done! I can bulk paint a lot of buildings in one go using these methods.
And with large, sweeping surfaces like the vent, it just cries out for some oil dot filtering, as well as some oil rust streaking -- they're both simple to do, with the former adding tonal variation to the broad sweep of monochrome, and the latter showing where the vent has been banged around. With some chipping, done in whatever manner you choose, as the origin point for the rust streaks, you can have the vent looking banged up and ignored for years.
Terrain is absolutely my favorite part of the hobby and essential to my enjoyment of the game.
Impressive work on the vent. However, I can't imagine spending that amount of time designing parts for a terrain piece and lots of air brushing.
The key for me knocking out terrain is being Quick. Layers of spray paint (Often applied while the under layers are still wet), drybrushing and dirty washes. I also almost always do terrain in big batches.
Lastly, not basing my terrain increases the number of useable settings, and decreases build time and storage space.
See my results at Chicago Skirmish Wargames or in person at TMX.
I love making terrain. The better the table looks the more fun the game is for me. Nice video.
I don't know where to start...
I love terrain, and I love good looking terrain to play home with my son or with friends...
But I looked at 3d or even buy already printed or 2nd hand... it is still quite expensive... considering I play 40k, the price for some 'cheap $' terrain will cost you the same as a box or 2 of whatever army you collect.
So what happened is, I got surgery (planned for my leg) and I got some MDF 3mm thick and built my own. It is quite very rectangular, as I don't own a table saw for art like that. I just use a sharp knife, a ruler and a pencil.
Since my recovery started, I have now done about 12 buildings that are 'GW' approved. And they're painted!!! That's not counting the few craters and pylones I had from years ago and finally got around and painted.
2 Bunkers 4x4, the rest is all 'ruins'; 2 6x5, 2 4x8, 2 10x5, 2 10x6 and 2 mini wall 5" long. All painted in metal with a bit of weathering.
Now I want to build a bigger 'center piece' with multiple level. At least 12x12 (probably in 2 pieces so it can be placed differently on the table) but also 10" high, for some cool vantage points and 'high ground' shenanigans fights.
The biggest hurdle is, the time I put in the terrain building and painting is time I don't put in the mini painting... you feel a bit like you're falling behind.
But really cool video. It helped me seeing that you can make something cool and 'finished' without spending too much time on it.
Tinkercad ftw! Very inspirational.
Good on you for giving the 3d design work a go, its a great feeling to build it in 3d, print it and use it.
my gaming table is still covered with mostly unprimed terrain ... this is a nice nudge to sort that out!
This terrain piece is nice. The details really make it come it alive.
2am gang ✌🏼
I hear you on prepping and priming a bunch of stuff before winter sets in.
That is the mode I have been in lately. I've got 20 models in the process of clean-up / glue up / putty - prime. About half way there.
Supposed to have another nice day next week so I have to finish prepping parts so I can prime them on Tuesday.
My go to for getting terrain done quick is to sponge on a triad of colors over a rusty brown prime. Then I might hit it with a drybrush and pick out some details as needed.
The vent came out great! The graffiti was a nice touch. Would love to see you tackle some of those other terrain pieces too. Thanks for sharing!
The vent terrain is impressive kit. That was a neat fit after that printing, another complete project.
Perfect! Just when I need to paint a dozen of terrain pieces for an Apocalypse game!!!
Graffiti is pretty simple in theory, first you block the letters, then you fill the blocks with the design (or just a solid color), then you outline. The people that do it well can do those big pieces in sub 5 minutes, it's crazy to watch. Three's a lot of great documentaries out there about it that follow the artists into the field. I watched one where they were doing it on subway cars and they'd do a whole train car with 3 or 4 people in the time it takes the train to stop at the station.
It's very easy to rattle can prime in the winter lol. You just have to keep the can warm, keep it in the house in room that doesn't get cold and you're fine. Humidity is the only problem for rattle can priming
But, if you leave the piece in the cold garage to out gas and dry, frequently you’ll get an “orange peel” surface to your paint job, which might not be what you want. If you bring the piece into the warm house to dry, then it stinks up the house - which I don’t want. Thanks for watching!
I built 3 big MDF sets from TT Combat Necromunda style walkways and towers etc, I put in so many hours punching, sanding, assembling,
I stored them in boxes while waiting for good weather so to lay it all out while priming…..only they kind of got overshadowed by other projects. long story short 12 months later I came to prime everything only to discover to my horror they were completely ruined covered by damp and mould! Heart broken I had to bin the lot! £200 down the pan and a hard lesson learned, note to self….Finish each project started ….oh! and move house (in progress).
If you have any other MDF kits kicking about then it's well worth getting MDF sealant on them, just in case your new place catches you off guard; we only narrowly rescued some board games after our first winter in a new home gave us an unpleasant surprise. I don't know if sealant was what saved the MDF terrain beside them or the mould wasn't interested but it survived.
Buying a regular paint tin of it, rather than from terrain shops is usually cheaper. I can't guarantee it'll completely protect from mould and damp-warping but it should make the terrain more resistant at least and save you spending extra on specialist spray primer or additional cans of regular paint (MDF drinks paint like a thirsty camel, for anyone who doesn't know already).
I would really appreciate a longer video on the Zone Mortalis tiles! I've had the kits around for a while but I'm having some trouble deciding how I want to build them and how much I should glue down or leave modular.
It's not always an option, but if I know something's going to be rusty and weathered, I like to rattlecan ruddy red/brown first, then paint acrylics on top. You can rub off the water-based paint with a q-tip or whatever to reveal the rattlecan color underneath, whether you want rusty brown or gray, like if the paint's chipped off.
Prep mode 😂 story of my gaming life. Great video!
One of the main reasons I like 15mm and 6mm gaming, the terrain is smaller and thus easier to store.
That was so cool and impressive . Thanks Uncle Adam.
Now that you have a FDM printer, print yourself a radius gauge. One of the best tools I have on my bench.
I’ll have to look that up. Thanks for watching!
Do I keep prepping terrain? *laughs in two boxes of Boarding Actions walls.*
Yes 😢
Awesome 3 inch downspout elbow!
I just found all of my shatterpoint terrain that I had primed and forgotten about for a couple of months 😅
That is awesome. I love designing terrain for 3D printing, I have a bunch for free at my store.
Brilliant stuff boss! Any chance of a review of the new Killteam starter? Cool if you can’t!
Here in Minnesota I am blessed with a heated detached shop. I rattle-can prime year round.
Nice weathering!
Gonna have to look for those downspouts.
i just received my order with the 40k terrain in it, it's perfect for my skaven army.
also the graffiti people wait until the train has stopped then use rattle cans free hand, sometimes they use stencils.
Looks great.
What a fit getting that vent all snug!
9:02 did they look at you funny when you bought a hairdryer? 😂
It's translucent. Glass is transparent 🙃
Nice job on getting that fit on the first go. Looks great.
I love all Tabletop Minions videos!
After 6 years I finally primed all of my 2018 kill team terrain. I also picked up a Spyrer Hunter Teamto pair against my genestealer Cultists and Helot chaos Cult
Fyi, regarding winter.
I live in Florida and have a similar but not at all the same problem.
I have to watch the relative humidity daily because I finally realized why my priming was so bad was because it was too humid.
So now I run out on the two or three days in the year when the humidity drops below 60% to do my spraying.
Terrain is the ‘third army’ on the board and is essential in my mind, for a good looking, and therefore more memorable and enjoyable game! I spend as much time and money on the terrain as I do on the miniatures that go on it!
I think I need to become your nextdoor neighbor! Don't worry, I'll call before knock! Lol I will help you paint. I will bring the beer and you pick the background music and we will get everything painted this winter! 😂 great project Sir. Came out really good.
I see you have embraced our lord and savior Bambu Lab😅...would you consider publishing those STL files on makerworld. They look awesome. Well done
Loved the video as usual. I didn’t like the end when you started talking about me 😂 seriously though, it’s inspiring to see you finish something and so I will choose a long time primed project to finish.
A lot of old playset toys make great repurposed terrain. The big old death star that opens or other galoob stuff from the 90s and early 2000s. Dollhouses, barbie furniture. Those hot wheels parkade things with the elevators and bridges
love this! I hope you do more terrain videos for the other stuff!
I really enjoyed this one, great work. I struggle to get motivated to build or paint terrain.
Due to the environment up here in the north, I can really only do large scale spray priming in the summer, so I tend to prime a lot of stuff and then just put it back in the box for winter assembly.
Not terrain, but actual minis, I like to have some quantity of next projects on different stages of preparation. Some assembled, some primed, some zenithal'd. Whenever my current project is stuck (waiting for something to dry, for example), I can always grab one of the next prepped ones and give it some work. 😊Nice video Uncle! Loved the vent piece, it's awesome and you made it look so easy 😊
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Excellent I have become a terrain obsessed too. Currently working on a Wild West town.
That came out so good.
Thank you for video! Nice job on the design and print. 1st time success. WOW!
I've been using a combination of Micro Art Studio's pre-painted MDF terrain, some Warlord scatter terrain (including farm animals), and a friend's printed terrain to build a 28mm Normandy town and farmland. That same friend printed a ton of 6mm buildings for BattleTech Alpha Strike, so we have a very nice downtown type of area for that game. We do that as a group project, so each of us took some terrain and painted it. We really enjoy a fully painted detailed table in which to have our little plastic soldiers kill each other. 😁
It just hit me that it would make a fantastic retro sci-fi NORAD like military command center CRT display
I'd love to see a trench terrain video in honor of how amazing the trench crusade Kickstarter is going.
I haven’t decided to pull the trigger on the Trench Crusade KS yet. Glad it’s doing well, though. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, I don't know how they paint on the trains as they go by so fast either...HAHAHAHA!!! Always enjoy your videos man.
Flarg! Also, nice advert for the Deth game ;)
Welcome to the engineering bug - now that you've got designs tumbling around in your noggin they'll never leave lol You'll *always* have something up there trying to make it's way out onto your printer - and when the wife finds out, your 'honey-do' list is gonna get bigger :D
Great project, and great success with the 3D printing. I feel inspired to take a stroll threw the local hardware store now. Idk why but i kept waiting for you to cut a hole in the bottom so you could have and electronic tea light aluminate it from the inside, but honestly it looks great as is.
I’ve got thoughts about things like that in the future. Thanks for watching!
I normally break up my painting and do a few minis, then a piece of terrain. Terrain to me feels like a slog to paint at times, especially bigger pieces. So doing a piece, then a squad, keeps me motivated.
I have a resin printer but really need to pick up a pla one for terrain nice video!
That came out awesome!
Feeling inspired. Thank you Uncle Atom!
That is a great use of the downspout there! I use Rhino 3D for my modeling purposes, but I find that Plasticity does have me curious, as it seems like a surprisingly powerful little package. I'll be interested to see how your journey of working with it goes.
Most of my terrain is scratch built. I usually do not finish a piece so it gets shelved for years before I get back to it. Working on a medieval /fantasy village currently for Deth Wizards. lol ikr. Hopefully I will get it done. 👍
I was looking for a makeup video I watched a little while back. While I don't think this is that video, this was also a pretty cool video
As mentioned below graffiti artists find train cars when they are at rest in train yards, side spurs, etc... for their art projects.
Many of them are amazing freehand artists but many also use generic stencils such as a straight edge and curve which are often made from disposable/expendable materials such as corrugated cardboard repurposed from boxes etc.
As usual, great segment. I actually find making terrain one of the most enjoyable parts of the hobby.
I think that was a joke. ;)
@manjr ya think? 😉
Of course, it's the ones that tag bridges and other scary spots that leave me scratching my head and wondering... "how the *bleep* did they do that?!?!"
I found the sharpie paint pens at Walmart as a pack of 12 colors. They are sweet for graffiti.
The graffiti on the trains you see going by get done when the trains are stationary. Either when they are sitting at a station over night or at a depot.
The vent looks awesome! I gotta go check if I can find similar pieces in my ghardware store.
I know - it was a joke… just not a good one. Thanks for watching!
I always find myself uninspired to paint my terrain. They're just too large for me to paint with a brush and put enough effort into. So my go to strategy is priming everything with Chaos Black and then giving it a zenithal with Mechanicus Standard Grey. So all the terrain looks pretty much the same, but it's still "painted" which highlights the details.
I've played on a real nice table once, but all the colors and effects and such just made it hard for me to get a grasp of the game itself. Because all the terrain pieces, scatter terrain and objective markers just looked as nicely painted (if not more) than the minuatures that people brought.
More terrain work please.
Man, I really enjoyed this video!
Looks great!
Perfect timing for the video! We are also enthusiastically building a wh40k/cyberpunk style city with our fdm printer working 24/7. What really elevated the project was the ability to use negative objects to hollow out vending machines, walls etc for electrical wiring. Now we have actual street lights, spot lights and glowing adverts. Makes the town look awesome and you gotta love how the characters make real shadows as they battle it out in the dark alleys of a dystopian city.
Since I am very new to 3d modeling, would you have any tips on good basic tutorial videos? I want to make shop signs that have the letters cut out, so that I can have them lit up from the inside.
I’m also very new to 3D modeling, so I’ve mainly just been trying to figure it out as I go. Thanks for watching!
I have a cabinet full of empty Costco sized granola bar packages that I one day was going to turn into lots of ruined buildings. Well today is the day I’m starting on that to work on a ruined city I want to use for my next campaign mission in 5 Parsecs From Home Bug Hunt.
Looks awesome
If you're trying to glue PLA, a glue for Plexiglas like Craftics #33 works so much better than CA glue. High amounts of VOCs, but it literally melts the 2 pieces together chemically.
WOOT WOOT! Another great motivational video!
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ah yes, winter
I remember that from the bygone days of the past, long before it was 80 degrees on Halloween
Great content! And I LOVE your “We are the OLD ONES” shirt. Where can I get one?
Great vent
Fantastic video. Thank you.
Interesting and insightful video, I watched out of curiosity, I only suffer from the mini pile of shame syndrome, I tend to get tables done quickly,; but after 38 years of building tables, the last couple within this past year, I am buying a few sets of Battle Systems for the next table :P
As a somewher related-but-not-really note, Miniac insists that you can prime with rattlecans even during winter, he tested this in a video, just warm the rattlecans before use by dunking them in warm water for 10 minutes, then take them out from there, shake them as instructed and use them. Not having harsh winters like Minnesota here i cannot confirm but given that i've heard this from more than one source (another being Mel the Terrain Tutor, and i recall one top painter saying the same in the past but can't recall who), i tend to believe it's true
You can certainly spray outside in the cold winter. The problem is this: after you’ve sprayed, you then need to bring the thing you sprayed inside in the warmth to outgas and dry, which stinks up your house. If you let it outgas and dry outside in the cold (even in the cold garage) then frequently you get an “orange peel” type surface to your model, which is generally no good. I think this has something to do with the fact that paint takes longer to cure/dry in the cold. So it’s still not a great solution. Thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions Yet again i'm thankful it doesn't get THAT cold around here😅
Ive always had issues with 28mm terrain not fitting battletech
Hey @tabletopminions if you have extra terrain laying around that you don't use anymore hit me up! I'll take it! hahaha
Great stuff. Kudos.
I would love a cheat sheet of where you got all the great terrain
Pretty sure they paint the train cars while they are "parked" at the train depot or some such 😀
Thats a hilarious thumbnail, geeze what a face! Honestly though my terrain is delicate. I really dont want to crush it.
As I was editing, my cursor stopped on that face and I thought “that’ll work” and took a screenshot. Thanks for watching!